April 5, 2005
Upcoming.org adds search, e-mail invites, and more
— we've been cranking on the site; go check it out #
The Erotic Diary of George Wendt
— an inspired part of TeeVee's brilliant April 1 prank, if you missed it #
Implausible Claims Made by Vanilla Ice in "Ice Ice Baby"
— "Turn off the lights and I'll glow." (via) #
Thurston Moore on the power of mix tapes
— don't miss the last graf; "trying to control music sharing ... is like trying to control an affair of the heart" #
Stereogum on Pretty in Pink sequel
— John Hughes directing; will the very depressing Breakfast Club 2 be next? #
Yahoo API adds term extraction from documents
— wow, I could imagine using this on many projects unrelated to Yahoo (via) #
Independent developers claim wireless DS tunneling by April 11
— hard to believe, but here's an interview with them (via) #
Tetris and Pong on a mechanically scanned display
— persistance of vision with quickly rotating LEDs (via) #
"I Am 8-Bit," retrogaming art show at L.A. gallery
— here's a small gallery of inspired artwork (via) #
Stopdesign redesigns
— try refreshing a few times for tributes to Kottke, Cederholm, Dominey, and Santa Maria #
Video: King Kong cast and crew discuss "Son of Kong" sequel
— Andy Serkis, as Son of Kong, will fight the Nazis in WWII; a brilliant and convincing prank #
UC Berkeley folklorist and hoax expert Alan Dundes dies while teaching
— this is terribly sad, he was one of the best teachers I've ever had (via) #
MP3: New Foo Fighters' single, "In Your Honor"
— Grohl is pushing the envelope with their new sound #
Bloggy, the first automated blogging robot
— Bloggy's blog is more interesting than 80% of human blogs #
The Commentator, utility to automatically comment your code
— see also: the Herman-Miller Pairon chair for extreme programming #
Urgo's list of April Fool's websites
— like last year, this is the ultimate reference for Internet Jackass Day 2005 #
George Hotelling redesigns his blog for 1991
— this neat April Fool's gag gave me a wash of nostalgia #
Slashdot on the WordPress controversy
— my first Slashdotting; the server's being crushed, but still responsive #